Hospitality Industry – New Minimum Wage

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New wage rates for the hospitality industry must be applied from 1st Just 2015. The increased rates have been announced by the Minister of Labour and will apply until 30 June 2016. All workers employed by hotels, lodges, game farms, fast food outlets, restaurants, coffee shops, guest houses and Bed and Breakfasts will received a total increase of 6.1%

The minimum wages for employers with 10 or less employees:

Monthly R2 760,59 (2015/2016) from R2 601,88 (2014/15);

Weekly R637,10 (2015/16) from R600,48 (2014/2015)

Hourly rates will be adjusted to R14,15 (2015/16) from R13,34 in (2014/2015).

The new minimum wages for employers with 10 or more employees:

Monthly rates will increase to R3 076,98 (2015/16) from R2 900,08 in (2014/2015);

Weekly R710,12 (2015/16) from R669,30 (2014/2015)

Hourly rates will be adjusted to R15,77 from R14,87 in (2014/2015).

 

For more information, refer to http://www.labour.gov.za/DOL/media-desk/media-statements/2015/hospitality-sector-has-a-new-minimum-wage

New minimum wage for domestics

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New minimum wage for domestics

Cape Town – The minimum wage of domestic workers will rise from next month, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant announced on Friday.

From December 1, the minimum wage of those working more than 27 hours a week in metropolitan areas will be R9.63 an hour, while that of their rural and small-town counterparts will be R8.30, her department said in a statement.

“[The] minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 hours per week will be… [in] Area A: R9.63 hourly, R433.35 weekly (for a 45-hour week) and R1 877.70 monthly (for a 45-hour week).

“[In] Area B: R8.30 hourly, R373.50 weekly (for a 45-hour week) and R1 618.37 monthly (for a 45-hour week).”

Area A is defined as all urban areas with municipalities, such as Buffalo City, City of Tshwane, Emalahleni (Witbank), Johannesburg, and others. Area B includes those municipalities not included in Area A.

The wage adjustment was part of an annual binding determination made by the minister in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.

According to the statement, the minimum wages of domestic workers who work 27 hours or less a week will rise to:

– in Area A, R11.27 hourly, R304.29 weekly (for a 27-hour week) and R1 318.48 monthly (for a 27-hour week); and,

– in Area B, R9.80 hourly, R264.60 weekly (for a 27-hour week) and R1 146.51 monthly (for a 27-hour week.

Last year’s (2012) hourly rate for Area A was R8.95, and for Area B, R7.65.

The department cautioned that in terms of the law, a domestic worker could not be made to work more than 45 hours a week; more than nine hours a day for a five-day work week; or more than eight hours a day for a six-day work week.

“Overtime must be paid at one-and-a-half times the employee’s normal wage, or an employee may agree to receive paid time-off,” it said.